diff --git a/packages/angular/src/lib/components/chat/__tests__/copilot-chat.spec.ts b/packages/angular/src/lib/components/chat/__tests__/copilot-chat.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ffc6f5e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/src/lib/components/chat/__tests__/copilot-chat.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
+import { TestBed } from "@angular/core/testing";
+import { test, expect } from "vitest";
+import { Observable } from "rxjs";
+import { AbstractAgent } from "@ag-ui/client";
+import type { BaseEvent, RunAgentInput } from "@ag-ui/client";
+import { CopilotChat } from "../copilot-chat";
+import { provideCopilotKit } from "../../../config";
+import {
+  injectChatConfiguration,
+  provideCopilotChatConfiguration,
+  type CopilotChatConfiguration,
+} from "../../../chat-configuration";
+
+/**
+ * Minimal agent stub: `injectAgentStore` resolves it from the configured
+ * agents map and subscribes to it. Its `run` never emits, so connecting is a
+ * no-op for the purposes of welcome-state assertions.
+ */
+class MockAgent extends AbstractAgent {
+  constructor(id: string) {
+    super();
+    this.agentId = id;
+  }
+
+  run(_input: RunAgentInput): Observable<BaseEvent> {
+    return new Observable<BaseEvent>();
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders {@link CopilotChat} under an ambient
+ * {@link CopilotChatConfiguration} plus a registered default agent.
+ *
+ * @returns The rendered fixture, the chat configuration service, and a
+ *   query helper for the welcome screen.
+ */
+function setup() {
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "scrollTo", {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: () => undefined,
+  });
+
+  TestBed.resetTestingModule();
+  TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+    imports: [CopilotChat],
+    providers: [
+      provideCopilotKit({
+        licenseKey: "ck_pub_00000000000000000000000000000000",
+        agents: { default: new MockAgent("default") },
+      }),
+      provideCopilotChatConfiguration(),
+    ],
+  });
+
+  const config = TestBed.runInInjectionContext(() =>
+    injectChatConfiguration(),
+  ) as CopilotChatConfiguration;
+
+  const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CopilotChat);
+  fixture.detectChanges();
+
+  const welcomeScreen = () =>
+    (fixture.nativeElement as HTMLElement).querySelector(
+      '[data-testid="copilot-welcome-screen"]',
+    );
+
+  return { fixture, config, welcomeScreen };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders {@link CopilotChat} with a custom config {@link agentId} and
+ * optional component input overrides, registering an agent for every id used.
+ *
+ * @param configAgentId - The agent id passed to {@link provideCopilotChatConfiguration}.
+ * @param componentAgentId - Optional `[agentId]` input bound on the component.
+ * @param componentThreadId - Optional `[threadId]` input bound on the component.
+ * @returns The rendered fixture and a helper to read the resolved agent id.
+ */
+function setupAgentPrecedence({
+  configAgentId,
+  componentAgentId,
+  componentThreadId,
+  configThreadId,
+}: {
+  configAgentId: string;
+  componentAgentId?: string;
+  componentThreadId?: string;
+  configThreadId?: string;
+}) {
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "scrollTo", {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: () => undefined,
+  });
+
+  // Register an agent for every id in play so injectAgentStore never throws.
+  const agentIds = Array.from(
+    new Set(
+      [configAgentId, componentAgentId, "default"].filter(
+        (id): id is string => id !== undefined,
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+  const agents = Object.fromEntries(
+    agentIds.map((id) => [id, new MockAgent(id)]),
+  );
+
+  TestBed.resetTestingModule();
+  TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+    imports: [CopilotChat],
+    providers: [
+      provideCopilotKit({
+        licenseKey: "ck_pub_00000000000000000000000000000000",
+        agents,
+      }),
+      provideCopilotChatConfiguration({
+        agentId: configAgentId,
+        ...(configThreadId !== undefined ? { threadId: configThreadId } : {}),
+      }),
+    ],
+  });
+
+  const config = TestBed.runInInjectionContext(() =>
+    injectChatConfiguration(),
+  ) as CopilotChatConfiguration;
+
+  const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CopilotChat);
+
+  if (componentAgentId !== undefined) {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput("agentId", componentAgentId);
+  }
+  if (componentThreadId !== undefined) {
+    fixture.componentRef.setInput("threadId", componentThreadId);
+  }
+
+  fixture.detectChanges();
+
+  /** Returns the agent id of the resolved agent store's agent. */
+  const resolvedAgentId = () =>
+    fixture.componentInstance.agentStore().agent.agentId;
+
+  /** Returns true when the component's hasExplicitThreadId signal is true. */
+  const isThreadExplicit = () =>
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+    (fixture.componentInstance as any)["hasExplicitThreadId"]();
+
+  /** Returns the threadId pinned onto the resolved agent. */
+  const agentThreadId = () =>
+    fixture.componentInstance.agentStore().agent.threadId;
+
+  return { fixture, config, resolvedAgentId, isThreadExplicit, agentThreadId };
+}
+
+/** Reads the component's protected `showCursor` signal. */
+function readShowCursor(fixture: { componentInstance: CopilotChat }): boolean {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+  return (fixture.componentInstance as any)["showCursor"]() as boolean;
+}
+
+test("shows the loading cursor while the ambient config connects an explicit thread", () => {
+  const { fixture, config } = setup();
+
+  // The MockAgent's run Observable never emits, so the connect stays pending —
+  // the cursor must remain on for the duration of the connect.
+  config.setActiveThreadId("x", { explicit: true });
+  TestBed.flushEffects();
+  fixture.detectChanges();
+
+  expect(readShowCursor(fixture)).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("clears the loading cursor once the ambient-config connect settles", async () => {
+  Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, "scrollTo", {
+    configurable: true,
+    value: () => undefined,
+  });
+
+  // An agent whose run completes immediately so the connect promise settles,
+  // mirroring the standalone path that clears the cursor when connect settles.
+  class CompletingAgent extends AbstractAgent {
+    constructor(id: string) {
+      super();
+      this.agentId = id;
+    }
+
+    run(_input: RunAgentInput): Observable<BaseEvent> {
+      return new Observable<BaseEvent>((subscriber) => {
+        subscriber.complete();
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  TestBed.resetTestingModule();
+  TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+    imports: [CopilotChat],
+    providers: [
+      provideCopilotKit({
+        licenseKey: "ck_pub_00000000000000000000000000000000",
+        agents: { default: new CompletingAgent("default") },
+      }),
+      provideCopilotChatConfiguration(),
+    ],
+  });
+
+  const config = TestBed.runInInjectionContext(() =>
+    injectChatConfiguration(),
+  ) as CopilotChatConfiguration;
+
+  const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(CopilotChat);
+  fixture.detectChanges();
+
+  config.setActiveThreadId("x", { explicit: true });
+  TestBed.flushEffects();
+
+  // Let the connect promise (and its `.finally`) settle and clear the cursor,
+  // mirroring the standalone settle-then-clear. The connect resolution spans
+  // macrotasks (agent teardown), so poll across a few.
+  for (let i = 0; i < 10 && readShowCursor(fixture); i++) {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+    TestBed.flushEffects();
+  }
+
+  expect(readShowCursor(fixture)).toBe(false);
+
+  // Drain the directive's deferred initial-scroll timer so it does not fire
+  // after the test environment tears down (scrollTo is stubbed; this only
+  // settles the pending macrotask).
+  await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+});
+
+test("shows the welcome screen while the configuration thread is non-explicit", () => {
+  const { config, welcomeScreen } = setup();
+
+  expect(config.hasExplicitThreadId()).toBe(false);
+  expect(welcomeScreen()).not.toBeNull();
+});
+
+test("hides the welcome screen once the configuration activates an explicit thread", () => {
+  const { fixture, config, welcomeScreen } = setup();
+
+  config.setActiveThreadId("x");
+  TestBed.flushEffects();
+  fixture.detectChanges();
+
+  expect(config.hasExplicitThreadId()).toBe(true);
+  expect(welcomeScreen()).toBeNull();
+});
+
+// ─── A1: component [agentId] input takes precedence over ambient config ───────
+
+test("component [agentId] input wins over ambient config agentId", () => {
+  const { resolvedAgentId } = setupAgentPrecedence({
+    configAgentId: "cfg-agent",
+    componentAgentId: "input-agent",
+  });
+
+  expect(resolvedAgentId()).toBe("input-agent");
+});
+
+test("config agentId drives resolution when component [agentId] is not set", () => {
+  const { resolvedAgentId } = setupAgentPrecedence({
+    configAgentId: "cfg-agent",
+  });
+
+  expect(resolvedAgentId()).toBe("cfg-agent");
+});
+
+// ─── A5: component [threadId] input seeds the ambient config ──────────────────
+
+test("[threadId] input drives the config thread and agent under an uncontrolled config", () => {
+  const { fixture, config, isThreadExplicit, agentThreadId } =
+    setupAgentPrecedence({
+      configAgentId: "cfg-agent",
+      componentThreadId: "t1",
+    });
+
+  TestBed.flushEffects();
+  fixture.detectChanges();
+
+  expect(config.threadId()).toBe("t1");
+  expect(agentThreadId()).toBe("t1");
+  expect(isThreadExplicit()).toBe(true);
+});
+
+test("a controlled config thread wins over the [threadId] input (input ignored)", () => {
+  const { fixture, config, agentThreadId } = setupAgentPrecedence({
+    configAgentId: "cfg-agent",
+    configThreadId: "cfg-thread",
+    componentThreadId: "t1",
+  });
+
+  TestBed.flushEffects();
+  fixture.detectChanges();
+
+  expect(config.threadId()).toBe("cfg-thread");
+  expect(agentThreadId()).toBe("cfg-thread");
+});
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/lib/components/chat/copilot-chat.ts b/packages/angular/src/lib/components/chat/copilot-chat.ts
index 10d1ff4cbe..2692e75aa1 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/lib/components/chat/copilot-chat.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/lib/components/chat/copilot-chat.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import { injectAgentStore } from "../../agent";
 import { CopilotKit } from "../../copilotkit";
 import { ChatState } from "../../chat-state";
 import { transcribeAudio } from "../../transcription";
+import { COPILOT_CHAT_CONFIGURATION } from "../../chat-configuration";
+import { connectActiveThread } from "../../active-thread-connector";
 
 /**
  * CopilotChat component - Angular equivalent of React's <CopilotChat>
@@ -86,19 +88,29 @@ export class CopilotChat extends ChatState {
   readonly attachmentsConfig = input<AttachmentsConfig | undefined>(undefined, {
     alias: "attachments",
   });
+  /**
+   * Ambient chat configuration, when a {@link provideCopilotChatConfiguration}
+   * provider is in scope. Absent (`null`) for standalone
+   * `<copilot-chat [threadId]>` usage, which has no provider — resolved via the
+   * optional inject so the component does not throw without one.
+   */
+  private readonly config = inject(COPILOT_CHAT_CONFIGURATION, {
+    optional: true,
+  });
   protected readonly resolvedAgentId = computed(
-    () => this.agentId() ?? DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
+    () => this.agentId() ?? this.config?.agentId() ?? DEFAULT_AGENT_ID,
   );
   readonly agentStore = injectAgentStore(this.resolvedAgentId);
   private readonly copilotKit = inject(CopilotKit);
-  // readonly chatConfig = injectChatConfig();
   readonly cdr = inject(ChangeDetectorRef);
   readonly injector = inject(Injector);
   private readonly destroyRef = inject(DestroyRef);
 
   protected messages = computed(() => this.agentStore().messages());
   protected isRunning = computed(() => this.agentStore().isRunning());
-  protected hasExplicitThreadId = computed(() => Boolean(this.threadId()));
+  protected readonly hasExplicitThreadId =
+    this.config?.hasExplicitThreadId ??
+    computed(() => Boolean(this.threadId()));
   protected readonly agentRef = computed(() => this.agentStore().agent);
   protected readonly resolvedThreadId = computed(
     () => this.threadId() || this.generatedThreadId,
@@ -165,28 +177,70 @@ export class CopilotChat extends ChatState {
       this.copilotKit.reloadSuggestions(agentId);
     });
 
-    effect((onCleanup) => {
-      const agent = this.agentRef();
-      const threadId = this.resolvedThreadId();
-
-      agent.threadId = threadId;
-
-      if (!this.hasExplicitThreadId()) return;
-
-      let detached = false;
-      const abortController = new AbortController();
-      if (agent instanceof HttpAgent) {
-        agent.abortController = abortController;
-      }
-
-      void this.connectToAgent(agent, () => detached);
-
-      onCleanup(() => {
-        detached = true;
-        abortController.abort();
-        void agent.detachActiveRun().catch(() => {});
+    if (this.config) {
+      // A set `[threadId]` input seeds the ambient config so the input
+      // actually drives the active thread (not just the welcome flag). When
+      // the config is controlled by a host-provided `threadId` option,
+      // `setActiveThreadId` no-ops — so a controlled config wins over the
+      // input, matching React's prop-precedence. When `[threadId]` is unset,
+      // the effect does nothing and the config drives as before.
+      effect(() => {
+        const inputThreadId = this.threadId();
+        if (inputThreadId) {
+          this.config!.setActiveThreadId(inputThreadId, { explicit: true });
+        }
       });
-    });
+
+      // Ambient configuration drives the active thread: the connector pins
+      // `agent.threadId` from the config's resolved thread signal and connects
+      // on explicit switches (or clears messages on a fresh thread).
+      //
+      // The connector receives the RAW `core.connectAgent` and owns the loading
+      // cursor + abort + detach lifecycle, matching the standalone
+      // `connectToAgent` path exactly: cursor on at connect start, off when the
+      // connect settles (guarded against a superseded run). Connect errors still
+      // surface via the AgentStore's run/error subscription, not here.
+      connectActiveThread(
+        this.config,
+        this.agentStore,
+        (params) => this.copilotKit.core.connectAgent(params),
+        {
+          onConnectStart: () => {
+            this.showCursor.set(true);
+            this.cdr.markForCheck();
+          },
+          onConnectSettle: () => {
+            this.showCursor.set(false);
+            this.cdr.markForCheck();
+          },
+        },
+      );
+    } else {
+      // Standalone `<copilot-chat [threadId]>` usage with no configuration
+      // provider: the active thread is input-driven exactly as before.
+      effect((onCleanup) => {
+        const agent = this.agentRef();
+        const threadId = this.resolvedThreadId();
+
+        agent.threadId = threadId;
+
+        if (!this.hasExplicitThreadId()) return;
+
+        let detached = false;
+        const abortController = new AbortController();
+        if (agent instanceof HttpAgent) {
+          agent.abortController = abortController;
+        }
+
+        void this.connectToAgent(agent, () => detached);
+
+        onCleanup(() => {
+          detached = true;
+          abortController.abort();
+          void agent.detachActiveRun().catch(() => {});
+        });
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   private async connectToAgent(
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/public-api.ts b/packages/angular/src/public-api.ts
index e3bd5fa2d2..5bea979f6c 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/public-api.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/public-api.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export * from "./lib/open-generative-ui";
 export * from "./lib/agent";
 export * from "./lib/threads";
 export * from "./lib/chat-config";
+export * from "./lib/chat-configuration";
 export * from "./lib/chat-state";
 export * from "./lib/transcription";
 export * from "./lib/scroll-position";